The University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova (officially, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova in

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) is a public medical institution in Lleida,

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, and the largest one in the surrounding area (''terres de Lleida'' or ''terres de Ponent'') and

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. It was opened in 1956. Not to be confused with a hospital in

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called Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, the hospital in Lleida is run by the

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(ICS) and has a total of 447 beds. Nowadays named after the

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physician

Arnau de Vilanova Arnaldus de Villa Nova (also called Arnau de Vilanova in Catalan, his language, Arnaldus Villanovanus, Arnaud de Ville-Neuve or Arnaldo de Villanueva, c. 1240–1311) was a physician and a religious reformer. He was also thought to be an alch ...

, its first official name (in

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) was ''Residencia Sanitaria General Moscardó'' and belonged, at first, to the Instituto Nacional de Previsión (INP) and then to INSALUD until 1981, when it was transferred to the

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External links

Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova official websiteICS official website
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